1st Edition

International Case Studies in Event Management

Edited By Judith Mair, Gürhan Aktaş, Metin Kozak Copyright 2024
256 Pages 26 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

256 Pages 26 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

256 Pages 26 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This international case study book provides 27 expertly curated case studies on the topic of events management, each with detailed implementation instructions for the instructor in order to maximise student participation and learning. Embellished with questions, diagrams and data throughout, these case studies have been developed by industry experts and practitioners with the aim of creating a... Read more

Case 1   Event Concepts for Place Activation

              Insun Sunny SON

Case 2   Place Planning with Placemaking Principles

              Nicholas WISE

Case 3   Outdoor Music Festivals and Environmental Sustainability: Initiatives and Practice

              Ruth CRAGGS

Case 4   Klein Karoo National Arts Festival: A Cultural Affair

              Lizette OLIVIER

Case 5   Stakeholders in Contention: LGBTQ+ Mardi Gras

              Clifford LEWIS

Case 6   We Don’t Want It Like That: Gaining Community Support for Event Hosting

              Lakshi SENEVIRATHNA and Made Handijaya DEWANTARA

Case 7   A Vegan Festival in a Non-Vegan Destination

              Ebru Günlü KÜÇÜKALTAN

Case 8   Pros and Cons of Diaspora Festivals

              Ubaldino Sequeira COUTO 

Case 9   Event, Place Activation and Sustainability 

              Ruth TAYLOR and Kirsten HOLMES 

Case 10 Putting the 5Ws into Context: Organising Course Live Events 

              Ubaldino Sequeira COUTO 

Case 11 A Diagnostic Framework for Entrepreneurial Change and Innovation in Events  

              Richard SHIPWAY, Simon MOSEY and Chris SYMONS 

Case 12 Preventing a Festival Fiasco: Preparing for the Unexpected   

              Christine M. VAN WINKLE and Kiri SHAFTO  

Case 13 Re-Designing a Fair Using the Six Thinking Hats Method    

              Eylin AKTAŞ   

Case 14 Improving the Festival Experience of Solo Attendees     

              Bernadette QUINN and Maarit KINNUNEN    

Case 15 How to Make Live Music Events Safer for Everyone?      

              Maarit KINNUNEN and Antti HONKANEN

Case 16 The Future of Events: How Artificial Intelligence Can Play a Role       

              Judith MAIR and Jason BROWN 

Case 17 The Best of Both Worlds: Hybrid Festivals and Inclusivity        

              Enya MOORE and Bernadette QUINN  

Case 18 Bidding for the World Tennis Championship         

              Demet CEYLAN   

Case 19 Bidding for Events Through Responding to Request for Proposals          

              Richard J. BUNING    

Case 20 Stand Layout in a Restricted Festival Space           

              Gürhan AKTAŞ, N. Nida ÖZGEN and Işıl ÖZGEN    

Case 21 Sponsorship or Selling Out? The Ethics of Event Sponsorship            

              Judith MAIR    

Case 22 We Made It! The Value of Volunteering for Festivals             

              Mervi LUONILA and Sari KARTTUNEN     

Case 23 The Show Must Go On, But How?             

              Manuela GUERREIRO and Neil ORMEROD      

Case 24 Cost-Benefit Analysis of Cultural Events            

              Made Handijaya DEWANTARA and Lakshi SENEVIRATHNA

Case 25 Staying Sane, Safe and Well in the Events Industry            

              Raphaela STADLER, Trudie WALTERS and Allan JEPSON

Case 26 Do You Think ICT Enhanced Performances are Really ‘Live’ Music?             

              Adrian BOSSEY 

Case 27 Engaging Dog Owners Through Wildlife Aversion Training: DogFest              

            Aaron TKACZYNSKI, Sharyn RUNDLE-THIELE and Megan FOSTER

 

Biography

Judith Mair is an associate professor at the UQ Business School, University of Queensland, Australia. Judith’s work aims to understand and enhance the positive impacts of tourism and events on the communities and societies which host them. She is working on a number of projects in fields including mega-event legacies, the future of events, the links between events and social connectivity and the potential impacts of climate change on the events sector.

Gürhan Aktaş is a professor at the Department of Tourism Management, Faculty of Business, Dokuz Eylul University, Türkiye. He holds a PhD in Tourism Marketing from Bournemouth University, UK. He delivers both undergraduate and postgraduate courses in the fields of destination management, event management and tourism marketing. He has authored academic publications on marketing tourist destinations, visitor attractions and events, and is a co-editor of the International Case Studies in Tourism Series by Routledge.

Metin Kozak holds a PhD in Tourism from Sheffield Hallam University, UK. He has contributed a wide range of articles, conference papers and over 30 books. He has been involved in several national and international research projects, particularly with his partners based in Europe, Asia and the US. He received the EFQM Ph.D. Thesis Award and a number of conference paper awards. His research interests entail marketing and consumer behaviour in an interdisciplinary context. He is currently affiliated with Faculty of Communication at Kadir Has University, Istanbul, Türkiye.